Deck 14: India and Southeast Asia Under Colonial Rule

Question 1

What characterized the rule of Lord Charles Cornwallis  in India?

A)He dismissed corrupt officials and insisted Indian customs and religions were to be respected.
B)He strongly encouraged Christian missionary activity to weaken the nawabs.
C)He started an aggressive military campaign to crush local rulers and fought the Battle of Plassey.
D)He declared himself the Raj and tried to lead India to independence from Great Britain.
E)He was ineffective and accomplished very little as the British governor of India.

Answer 1

He dismissed corrupt officials and insisted Indian customs and religions were to be respected.

Question 2

All of the following were results of British rule in India EXCEPT

A)the Bengal Renaissance
B)arrival of the Industrial Age in India
C)positive reception to forced Westernization
D)development of an Indian middle-class
E)founding of the Indian National Congress

Answer 2

positive reception to forced Westernization

Question 3

Who was the Act of Abolition designed to benefit?

A)Indian men
B)British crown
C)merchants
D)missionaries
E)Indian women

Answer 3

Indian women

Question 4

What was the purpose of the Charter Act of 1813?

A)To restrict the British East India Company to trade through factories at Bombay and Madras.
B)To allow Queen Victoria to be crowned Empress of India.
C)To eliminate rigid separation between Europeans and Indians.
D)To eliminate sati and allow Hindu widows to remarry.
E)To curb the control of autocratic government by dividing political oversight between London and British East India Company.

Question 5

What was the intellectual, social, and philosophical basis for how the Europeans justified their actions toward the so-called native peoples in Asia and elsewhere?

A)They used Karl Marx's concepts of exploiting the successful capitalists to enrich the less productive members of society.
B)They used the pseudo-scientific application of Darwin's "survival of the fittest" concept regarding other races.
C)They used John Locke's concepts of liberty and free-will for determining the method of local rule.
D)They used Jean-Jacques Rousseau's belief that society corrupted the young as an excuse to be paternalistic.
E)They used Thomas Jefferson's views on how to rule a large nation as a republic with democratic institutions.

Question 6

How did the Mughal leaders respond in the 1600s to the arrival of the first Europeans?

A)The Mughals rose up in armed rebellion against the intruders.
B)The Mughals converted the newcomers to Islam, which reduced the possibility of conflict.
C)The Mughals thought the foreigners were a significant threat but could not do anything about it.
D)The Mughals paid no attention to the Europeans and concentrated on internal issues.
E)The Mughals settled into a comfortable trade relationship with the Europeans.

Question 7

Which Indian leader advocated Hindu identity as a force of opposition to British rule?

A)Aurangzeb
B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Siraj ad-Dawla
D)Jahangir
E)Jahan

Question 8

What British governmental change occurred as a result of the Great Indian Revolt?

A)The British instituted the Indian National Congress to give the Indians more autonomy.
B)The British withdrew to the major urban areas along the coast and left the interior regions to the Indians.
C)The British established the Act of Abolition to eliminate, or at least reduce, cultural imperialism.
D)The British prime minister ended the East India Company rule and instituted direct rule by the British government.
E)The British imported Afghan mercenaries to help control the Indian mutineers.

Question 9

To whom did the term nawab refer in India during the Mughal period?

A)Persian overlords
B)European advisors
C)Mughal ruling officials
D)low-caste members
E)Indian mercenaries

Question 10

The Great Game refers to what two nations and their attempt to control Asia?

A)Russia and Britain
B)India and Britain
C)Afghanistan and Russia
D)Burma and India
E)China and Britain

Question 11

All of the following are true of the Great Indian Revolt EXCEPT

A)This was the only time the sepoys mutinied.
B)The sepoys were offended when the Awadh province was annexed by the British East India Company.
C)The sepoys believed the Lee-Enfield rifles' cartridges were smeared with pork fat or beef grease.
D)The revolt began because the sepoys were humiliated and put in leg irons for refusing to use the cartridges.
E)The revolt was confined to the Ganges River Valley.

Question 12

Which of the following best describes the role of the sepoys?

A)servants to the Raj
B)1876 famine victims
C)European-trained Indian troops
D)British East India Company employees
E)Europeans who went native

Question 13

The British government ended company rule in India after which of the following?

A)the Great Indian Revolt
B)the Act of Abolition
C)the Afghanistan Wars
D)the great famines
E)the formation of the Indian National Congress

Question 14

Which of the following best describes the Indians' response to British "civilizing" policies?

A)agreeable
B)resentment
C)guilt
D)regret
E)indifferent

Question 15

Which of the following statements is true of the British experience fighting the Afghanistan Wars?

A)The British were so afraid of the Afghan warriors that they were incapable of effective combat.
B)The Afghans had superior weapons and brought overwhelming firepower to bear on the British soldiers.
C)The Afghans were accustomed to the climate, and the British soldiers could not adapt to the conditions.
D)The British severely and repeatedly underestimated their enemies' overall capabilities.
E)The British were subverted and outmaneuvered by the Russians and finally gave up the fight.

Question 16

All of the following were items the British imported from India and Asia EXCEPT

A)spices
B)paper
C)silk
D)tea
E)cotton

Question 17

Which country was the first European power to make contact with India and Southeast Asia?

A)Spain
B)France
C)Britain
D)Portugal
E)Italy

Question 18

What commodities made Malaya and the Malaya Peninsula significant to the West?

A)spices and rubber
B)tin and rice
C)tea and paper
D)silk and cotton
E)tin and rubber

Question 19

What led to an increase in trade through Asia in the 1870s?

A)Britian was mistress of the seas.
B)The Suez Canal opened.
C)The Vienna Settlement brought peace to Europe.
D)The United States became active in shipping and trading.
E)China and Japan actively participated in trade.

Question 20

Which statement defines the term utilitarianism ?

A)The idea that one country should have a monopoly on trade and economic activity in a colony.
B)The idea that Darwin's "survival of the fittest" applied to race.
C)The greatest good is whatever is best for the greatest number of people.
D)To make a country the protecting power over another but not the titular power.
E)The introduction of common law into forms of land tenure.

Question 21

In Southeast Asia, the French colonial possessions were known collectively as the ____________________.

Question 22

_ ___________________ founded Singapore for the British.

Question 23

Brahmins who received a Western-style education in India as well as instruction in English language skills produced the ____________________.

Question 24

The Governor-General of French possessions in India during the mid-1700s was _____________________.

Question 25

Which Southeast Asian nation was the only one to remain independent from European intervention?

A)Burma
B)Vietnam
C)Cambodia
D)Philippines
E)Thailand

Question 26

What area of India was crucial to European interests?

A)Awadh
B)Bengal
C)Punjab
D)Sind
E)Bombay

Question 27

Most of the migrants who dominated the trade in the Straits of Malacca were of which nationality?

A)Chinese
B)Javanese
C)Burmese
D)Philippine
E)Cambodian

Question 28

The Great Indian Revolt began in the province of ____________________.

Question 29

All of the following were practices of the British East India Company EXCEPT

A)It required peasant farmers to grow tea and opium, which led to severe famines.
B)The company encouraged the practice of Christian proselytizing.
C)It set out to destroy Bengal's cotton industry to eliminate competition with British textiles.
D)Opium became the single most important source of British revenue in the early 19th century.
E)The company introduced English Common Law into Indian farm land tenure.

Question 30

The Mughal ruling official of a  minority  state was referred to as a  ____________________.

Question 31

Which of the following statements best defines the culture system implemented in Indonesia?

A)The culture system brought a sense of calm and acceptance to the region.
B)The Dutch used the Indonesians as extremely low-wage labor and made huge profits for themselves.
C)The system failed after just a few years, because the Indonesians refused to work under the circumstances.
D)The culture system helped the Dutch transform their private commercial venture into a working colonial government.
E)The system helped the Dutch recover the islands' chief resources, tin and rubber.

Question 32

Which of the following statements was true of the Java War?

A)It was a bloodless takeover.
B)It ended in a British victory.
C)It established Dutch sovereignty over Indonesia.
D)It allowed Raffles to build a base at Singapore.
E)It allowed Chinese workers to dominate the trade.

Question 33

In 1885, Indian professionals and intellectuals founded the ____________________ as a reaction to British economic exploitation.

Question 34

Among the Southeast Asian nations, only ____________________ remained free of European colonization.

Question 35

What was the purpose of the Regulating Act passed by the British Parliament?

A)To permit the British East India Company to trade through factories in Bombay and Madras.
B)To allow Queen Victoria to be crowned Empress of India.
C)To eliminate sati and allow Hindu widows to remarry.
D)To curb the control of autocratic governors by dividing political power between London and the East India Company.
E)To eliminate the rigid separation between Europeans and Indians.

Question 36

In 1829, the British Governor-General passed the ____________________, which eliminated sati and allowed widows to remarry.

Question 37

Most of mainland Southeast Asians followed which of the following belief systems?

A)Christianity
B)Islam
C)Buddhism
D)Hinduism
E)Shinto

Question 38

What European nation vied for power with Britain in India?

A)Belgium
B)Holland
C)Russia
D)France
E)Spain

Question 39

The Battle of ____________________ secured the British hold over the French in India.

Question 40

What was the official justification for French military intervention in Vietnam?

A)political
B)religious
C)economic
D)scientific
E)imperialistic

Question 41

Term for identification: Indian National Congress

Question 42

Describe the social issues Indians faced under British rule. How did the Indian population react to British rule in India?

Question 43

Term for identification: Act of Abolition

Question 44

Term for identification: Afghanistan Wars

Question 45

Term for identification: sepoys

Question 46

Term for identification: Bengal Renaissance

Question 47

Compare and contrast the various Southeast Asian areas and their experience with Europe including religious, economic, geographic, and social issues.

Question 48

Term for identification: Robert Clive

Question 49

Term for identification: culture system

Question 50

Term for identification: Battle of Plassey

Question 51

Explain the role imperialism played in European contact with Southeast Asia and the impact on these societies.

Question 52

Term for identification: Great Indian Revolt

Question 53

Discuss the factors that led to British rule in India including social, political, economic, and military aspects.

Question 54

Term for identification: nawab

Question 55

Describe the British attitude toward India and how that is reflected in their policies. How did the Indian population respond to the British policies? Support your answer with examples.

Question 56

Trace the factors that led to the Great Indian Mutiny and its significance to Indian history. Did the result of the revolt have an impact on British rule in India? Defend your answer with examples.